Western Orchestral Instruments in the Foreground: What Features Make an Instrument More Attractive for a Solo Role in Concertos?Western classical instrumentsConcertoSolo popularityInstrument usageOrchestrationPitch heightLoudnessTimbreSaliencePerformer pool size...
Manyinstrumentsreachedthepeakoftheirdevelopmentattheheightofthebaroqueera.TheviolinsandotherstringedinstrumentsThedomestic,andlaterconcertkeyboardinstrumentThebaroqueagefavoredtheharpsichord,inwhichthestringsarepluckedandtheplayercannotvarythetonethroughfingertouch.After1750thepianotookover,offeringtouchsensitivity,and...